Ever see a football team score 45 points in a quarter? Fans who attended Friday's playoff game in Somerset did.

The Somerset football team scored five touchdowns in its first eight plays from scrimmage to build a 45-0 lead in the first 11 minutes of the game. The Somerset starters were done for the night by the end of the first quarter. With the Spartans utilizing every player on their roster they rolled through the rest of the game to defeat Northland Pines 51-20 in the opening round of Division 4 playoff action.

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In other games involving other area playoff teams:

Ellsworth defeated St. Croix Central 51-0 in Division 4

Arcadia edged Durand 20-14 in Division 5

Westby upset Mondovi 16-8 in Division 5

Hudson handled Eau Claire Memorial 34-14 in Division 1

Edgar defeated Colfax 31-6 in Division 6

Glenwood City took care of Clayton 50-8 in Division 7

Menomonie held off Marshfield 7-3 in Division 2

Black River Falls knocked off Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 29-28 in Division 4

Dave Newman has been the sports editor at the New Richmond News since 1988. He has covered the action in the Middle Border Conference, Dunn-St. Croix Conference and Big Rivers Conference for nearly 30 years.